I was at this Shellac show in Milwaukee on the night that the first American Idol was concluded. During the Q&A portion of the set, a friend of mine asked, "Who won American Idol?" Without pause Todd stood up (from his drum throne) and exclaimed, "Me!" or "I did!" Something to that nature. It was pretty awesome.

Shellac, London, 2/12/04 during the Q&A session:

Question: "Are Shellac over-rated?"
Bob: "Definitely"
Todd rises from behind his drum kit, walks slowly and deliberately to Steve's microphone: "Hey, what's wrong with being x-rated?"

I laughed heartily

Redline wrote:

Though a handsome young lad, this is not Mr. Trainer

is not Mr. Trainer

Who is it?

Looks like a young, Yes-era Bill Bruford to me.

Redline wrote:

is not Mr. Trainer

Who is it?

it looks to be jimmy petroski, the original rifle sport drummer who todd trainer replaced.

bpchnc wrote:it looks to be jimmy petroski, the original rifle sport drummer who todd trainer replaced.

cor, that's a sneaky and underhand picture if ever i saw one. why i oughta...

shellac live @ WNUR, evanston, il

Q: "are you guys ever going to work with fugazi?"

A: (from todd) "yeah, we put in our applications."